Re: tetex slink -> potato
On 22 Aug 2000, paul tanner wrote:
> After the upgrade I can't use the extra
> stuff that I had in
> /usr/local/lib/texmf. After examining a
> copy of my old slink installation I
> found the ``local'' link in texmf/ and
> in /usr/share/texmf I added:
> ln -s /usr/local/share/texmf local
> and moved my local stuff to:
> /usr/local/share/texmf
> and did the rehash in texconfig.
>
> Now my local files are listed in ls-R
> but TeX don't find them when working on
> a doc containing: \input [file] .
>
> I'm testing with document sources that
> worked OK in my old slink version.
> Where have I gone wrong?
>
> Paul Tanner
Have you run texhash? Also, cd /tmp and then do:
initex latex.ltm (ignore any messages about sources being more
than one year old).
Then copy latex.fmt to /var/lib/texmf/web2c
I had to do the above to make my local tex files work.
Anthony
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